Original poster: Vardan <vardan01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Hi Peter, You seem to be the only one I know of who has actually played with all of this!First, I have to get the high current thing working. It might be possible to run SIDACs at super high currents directly (reading between some lines) but I won't count on it. But if the IGBT thing works out, there is no "limit" then >:-)
The cap I charge to 24 V is capable of running a timed "discharge" circuit too :-)) Basically, I put the "power supply" in the circuit to do "extra things" as needed. A timed quench circuit would not be too hard to add.
This circuit is a bit odd in that it will be a relatively "perfect" "no quench" circuit. It will have far less quenching than any "old" spark gap...
So we will just have to see... But the hooks are there to "fix it" if needed ;-))
Cheers,
Terry
At 10:12 PM 4/29/2006, you wrote:
Of course you can make a TC gap using SIDAC's alone http://tesladownunder.com/Solid%20State.htm#SIDAC%20spark%20substitute%20solid%20state%20Tesla%20coil.%20(SSSSSTC)However, without quenching the performance is poor. A spark gap in series gives a great improvement.Will the IGBT spark gap idea suffer with the same problem? PeterOriginal poster: Vardan <vardan01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx .....It's a pretty complex question. The electronic gap I am thinking of has no quenching (at the moment). Maybe it could be added later...... Cheers, Terry